Superconducting maglev (SCMaglev)
Tren de levitación magnética superconductora (SCMaglev)
- Date
- 1997 / 2015 · confidence high
- Place
- Yamanashi Test Track, Tsuru, Yamanashi, Japan
- Credited to
- JR Central and the Railway Technical Research Institute
- Field
- Movement
What it is
A train that levitates about 10 cm using superconducting magnets and coils in the track, without touching the ground. In 2015 it set the speed record of 603 km/h for manned trains.
What it led to
- the Chūō Shinkansen line between Tokyo and Nagoya (under construction)
- railway speed records